Poorly Jacksons

[colinmelsom]

I have a nine month old female Jacksons that has been doing very well until recently.Today I found her hanging from the roof of the vivarium mesh looking black.When I replaced her on a branch she started wriggling about,which at first I thought was a strange defence mechanism.Obviously it isnt.

Any ideas?

She has been kept alone in a mesh cage,fed on locusts,bluebottles,crickets and silkworms.I have been spraying her three times daily.She has a sunlight tube ans a u.v.b. tube above the vivarium.On good days she is put outside to get some natural sunlight but there have`t been many this year( I live in London)

I have been using vitamins sparingly,a multivitamin dusting once a week.I was concerned having read various reports on overdosing in montane chameleons but my initial thoughts are that its a vitamin deficiency.

 

[jannb]

How's she doing today? Please fill out the Ask For Help Form and give us as many details as you can and also some pictures would be very helpful.
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[Miss Lily]

I have a nine month old female Jacksons that has been doing very well until recently.Today I found her hanging from the roof of the vivarium mesh looking black.When I replaced her on a branch she started wriggling about,which at first I thought was a strange defence mechanism.Obviously it isnt.

Any ideas?

She has been kept alone in a mesh cage,fed on locusts,bluebottles,crickets and silkworms.I have been spraying her three times daily.She has a sunlight tube ans a u.v.b. tube above the vivarium.On good days she is put outside to get some natural sunlight but there have`t been many this year( I live in London)

I have been using vitamins sparingly,a multivitamin dusting once a week.I was concerned having read various reports on overdosing in montane chameleons but my initial thoughts are that its a vitamin deficiency.

Hi Colin - I believe you have one of Monty's siblings. Please fill out the 'help form' so we have more in depth info on her whole set up. I have always kept Monty on this vitamin & calcium schedule - Reptivite without D3 once per week, plain calcium once per week and Reptivite WITH D3 once every 6 weeks. You don't mention that you are giving her any calcium - has she been getting any?

Is there anything she can see that might scare her at all? Has anything been changed/added to her viv that might stress her out?

 

[chameleon lady]

Hi Colin Tiff has said all the right things to do nice one Tiff , if you want to drop by one eve with her i might be able to see somthing that you are missing or if you have a good vets i would take her there , good luck

Anita

 

[colinmelsom]

Thanks for the replies.Unfortunately Anita I dont have a good reptile vets nearby.

Your Chameleon - Female Jacksons approx nine months old
Handling - Never
Feeding - crickets,waxworms,locusts,bluebottles and silkworms.Fed five days per week until there are no more left in the vivarium
Supplements - Repton once per week.
Watering - Three times daily by hand until the plants are wet.
Fecal Description - Faeces look normal to me.
History - captive bred.Her sibling kept in a separate cage is doing well.

Cage Info:Screen
Cage Type -18" x 18" x 24" high
Lighting One 12% Ardcadia Tube and one Activia natural sunlight tube acove the vivarium.On Daily for 14 hours
Temperature -ranges from the mid 60s to high 70s depending on time of day and basking area.
Humidity - Sprayed three times daily
Plants - Live Dracencea and weeping Figs
Placement - near the floor in my reptile room
Location - near London

Well this is very strange.Since I posted this on Tuesday she has been lying on the plants and I thought that she was on her way out.But to my amazement today she is up and well and chameleon like,a bit dehydrated but otherwise looking well.

I dont think that it is a husbandry issue as her sibling is doing well under the same conditions.The only thing that I can think of is stress,but she cannot see the other chameleons in my animal room and all my other lizards are small enough to be considered food.At present its the biggest comeback since Lazarus!